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Video Blog: Why forests are at risk in Liberia and how to plant the seeds of change

 Illegal logging is reducing globally, but deforestation continues as land is cleared for commercial agriculture. In Liberia, oil palm concessions were welcomed by the Government as a means to create jobs and infrastructure after...

15/11/2016

Academics document FLEGT VPA successes

The EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) process has been remarkably effective in improving governance and combatting illegal logging in Indonesia and Ghana. This is the conclusion of an academic paper that...

14/09/2016

Scoping Study on EU-China Relationships in the Forestry Sector

China’s rapid economic growth has spurred a massive demand for natural resources – including timber, agricultural commodities and minerals – the vast bulk of which are imported. Although it is estimated that the proportion of...

23/05/2016

FLEGT review should revitalise the fight against illegal logging

The independent review of the EU’s flagship forest policy – the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan – was released by the European Commission on 4 May, with Fern highlighting the positive impact it has...

15/05/2016

Europe's trail-blazing tropical forest policy is working

In Ghana, Liberia and Central African Republic, benefits are starting to flow to forest communities for the first time

04/05/2016

Films

Comment le FLEGT fait la différence en RCA

Un des premiers défis du gouvernement de transition de la République centrafricaine a été de rédiger une nouvelle constitution. Pour la première fois, beaucoup de communautés forestières ont été consultées sur l’avenir de leur...

05/11/2015

Films

Robinson Djeukam Njinga

Robinson Djeukam Njinga, notre cher ami et collègue, activiste et avocat pour la justice environnementale et sociale au Cameroun, est décédé subitement le 19 Aout 2015 dans un hôpital de Yaoundé.

Robinson...

07/10/2015

Vers une remise à plat?

L’objectif du présent rapport est d’analyser de manière critique le droit foncier rural et le droit forestier en Côte d’Ivoire dans le contexte africain. Le document commence avec un aperçu des régimes fonciers coutumiers à...

22/09/2015

Films

Introduction à FLEGT

14/09/2015

Could the Central African Republic's forests be a way forward?

Conflict in the CAR is allowing illegal deforestation to rise, but turning that around could help bring lasting peace

28/05/2015